Bethany69

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1. Is anyone willing to hire a nurse w/ stipulations???

   Bethany69 replied to smbutterfly's topic in Recovery

   Did you have to do TPAPN? I have been in TPAPN and clean and sober for two years and 5 months, and have yet find suitable employment for TPAPN.....I have tried everything I can think of. Dialysis used to be okay, but now they work 16 hr days someti...

2. Texas Extended Evaluation Program (EEP)

   Bethany69 replied to Callahan, RN's topic in Recovery

   Benadryl or Diphenhydramine is what is in Tylenol PM, but I am allowed to take Benadryl on TPAPN. It's one of the few things I am allowed to take. LOL I am afraid to put anything in my mouth, because of TPAPN.

3. Texas Extended Evaluation Program (EEP)

   Bethany69 replied to Callahan, RN's topic in Recovery

   I have been in TPAPN for two years and four months, and have only gone to the lab twice in one month twice. Every other month I tested 3 times. I have been tested 3 times in 8 days, two days back to back and then 5 days later again. Different Optio...

4. Texas Extended Evaluation Program (EEP)

   Bethany69 replied to Callahan, RN's topic in Recovery

   FYI; For people in EEP, be grateful. When they say zero tolerance, they mean zero tolerance....I had to learn that the hard way. I was put into TPAPN for a trace of marijuana after a random for a patient telling the charge nurse that I was stealing...

5. TPAPN Extended Evaluation Program- HELP!!! Drug screen during work hours?!?

   Bethany69 replied to tpapnEEP-RN's topic in Recovery

   Since I have been in TPAPN for 27 months and still do not have a job because of their insane requirements which include not giving narcotics for the first six months of employment while in the program, not being able to float or work overtime, not be...

6. TPAPN Extended Evaluation Program- HELP!!! Drug screen during work hours?!?

   Bethany69 replied to tpapnEEP-RN's topic in Recovery

   I am in TPAPN and if you are selected to test, by God you are expected to be there, and your employer has to understand that, or you will be considered non-compliant with the program. TPAPN sucks because I have been clean and sober for 27 months in ...

7. IPN

   Bethany69 replied to Kkristine1's topic in Recovery

   I live in Texas, and we have the Peer Assistance Program for Nurses.....AKA TPAPN. I had a similar experience. I had a drug addict patient tell the charge nurse that I was stealing her drugs, and she was on all kinds of drugs. Klonopin, Xanax, IV ...

8. ADN's being pushed out

   Bethany69 replied to MSN Student's topic in ADN/BSN

   I live in the Houston area, and all the magnet hospitals will only hire B.S.N. graduates or higher and test for nicotine now too as part of the pre-employment physical. This area is saturated with B.S.N. graduates because of the Medical Center downt...

9. Having a hard time with work and TPAPN...Help!!!

   Bethany69 replied to OSoStressed's topic in Recovery

   I have been in TPAPN for a year and a half, and still am not employed. I have tried dialysis, and I even had my dad pay for me to do the Wound Care Certification, because they do not have to give narcotics either. I have finished all the wound care...

10. Any advice on which path to take, IPN or self-report and go from there?

    Bethany69 replied to Dobe55's topic in Recovery

    In Texas, you have only have to report when you renew your license, but you are not reported to TPAPN which is Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses until your 3rd DWI.